Summary: <p>In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce and David walk you through the early preview of Xamarin.Forms 3.0, announced at Microsoft Build 2017. Learn about new ways you can use Xamarin.Forms in your apps, speed and performance enhancements, and what new platforms are coming to Xamarin.Forms. </p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p>0:30 - Microsoft Build<br> 4:00 - Xamarin.Forms 3<br> 5:50 - Standardization of custom renderers<br> 6:15 - Xamarin.Forms Embedding<br> 11:45 - Fast renderers and layout compression for increased performance<br> 16:00 - Performance benchmarking in Xamarin.Forms<br> 18:15 - One-time binding mode<br> 20:00 - New FlexLayout system<br> 21:30 - New "backends" for Xamarin.Forms - macOS, GTK#, and WPF<br> 27:00 - Community-driven development<br> 29:45 - XAML Standard 1.0</p> <p>Links & Show Notes:</p> <ul> <li>The <a href="http://xamarinpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow">Xamarin Podcast</a> website</li> <li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4048" rel="nofollow">Channel 9: Designing Mobile Apps</a></li> <li><a href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8099" rel="nofollow">Channel 9: What's new in Xamarin.Forms</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.xamarin.com/glimpse-future-xamarin-forms-3-0/" rel="nofollow">Xamarin.Forms 3.0</a></li> <li>Pierce: <a href="https://twitter.com/pierceboggan" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://github.com/pierceboggan" rel="nofollow">GitHub</a> </li> <li>David Ortinau: <a href="https://twitter.com/davidortinau" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/davidortinau" rel="nofollow">GitHub</a> </li> </ul> <p>Subscribe:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2" rel="nofollow">iTunes</a></li> <li><a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey" rel="nofollow">Google Play Music</a></li> <li><a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast" rel="nofollow">Overcast</a></li> </ul><p>Special Guest: David Ortinau.</p>
